Decisions to be taken: September 2026
Updated 31 August 2026
Applies to England
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These decisions will be taken in September 2026.
This list of decisions may change before the decision is taken. We will provide an explanation in the ‘decisions made’ template if this happens.
Submit a comment about an item on this list of decisions
If you have any comments about this list of decisions to be taken, email rg.ne@education.gov.uk.
Comments must be submitted by 7 September 2026. Any comments submitted after this deadline may not be considered.
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- the school or academy name (and where this is about a trust change, also state the name of the recipient trust), and the local authority area of the school or academy
- your relationship to the school or academy
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North Tyneside
Converter academy orders
An application from Langley First School 108591, North Tyneside, to convert and become an academy and join Wise Academies.
Sunderland
Converter academy orders
An application from St Benet’s Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School 108837, Sunderland, to convert and become an academy and join Bishop Chadwick Catholic Education Trust.
County Durham
Significant changes to an open academy
An application for North Durham Academy 136745, Connect Multi-Academy Trust, County Durham, to make the following change: Adding a SEN unit or resourced provision to a mainstream academy.
| Type of significant change | Type of provision | Tier |
|---|---|---|
| Expansion (increasing physical capacity including increasing sixth forms and nurseries) | Mainstream academy | 1 |
| Removal of physical capacity | Mainstream academy | 1 |
| Acquiring an additional (satellite) site | Mainstream, special or AP academy | 1 |
| Change of age range (including adding or removing a nursery or sixth form provision) | Mainstream, special or AP academy | 1 |
| Transfer to another site (moving the academy to another address) | Mainstream, special or AP academy | 1 |
| Change of gender composition (single sex to co-educational or vice versa) | Mainstream, special or AP academy | 1 |
| Adding (establishing) boarding provision | Mainstream, special or AP academy | 1 |
| Removing (discontinuing) boarding provision | Mainstream, special or AP academy | 1 |
| Increasing the planned number of pupils in a special or AP academy | Special or AP academy | 1 |
| Decreasing the planned number of pupils in a special or AP academy | Special or AP academy | 1 |
| Change in type of SEN provision in a special academy | Special academy | 1 |
| Adding a SEN unit or resourced provision | Mainstream academy | 1 |
| Removing a SEN unit or resourced provision | Mainstream academy or AP academy | 1 |
| Increasing the number of pupils within an existing SEN unit or resourced provision | Mainstream academy | 1 |
| Decreasing the number of pupils within an existing SEN unit or resourced provision | Mainstream academy | 1 |
| Changing the type of SEN provision a SEN unit or resourced provision offers | Mainstream academy | 1 |
| Gaining, changing or removing faith designation | Mainstream academy | 3 |
| Redesignation of a Church of England academy | Mainstream academy | 3 |
| Amalgamating 2 or more academies | Mainstream, special or AP academy | 3 |
| De-amalgamating an academy | Mainstream, special or AP academy | 3 |
| Any change to a UTC | UTC | 3 |
Project types
See the glossary of project types for information on the different types of project.